Hey guys, I wrote an MVC framework a while back but I am migrating to Zend.

One of the things I used to do is have a constructer in my controllers in which I could write code that applies to all the actions within the controller.

For example...

the Account controller would have a lockout function within the constructor. Unstead of locking out each action individually.

Any thoughts on this?

Thanks.

In ZF you can use the init() function in your controller. For example:

This will let the complete controller use the 'shop.phtml' layout file instead of 'layout.phtml'